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The New Achilles

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by Christian Cameron


  Xenos: A foreigner.

  Xiphos: A straight-bladed sword, often leaf-shaped and sometimes made of folded steel.

  Zone: A belt, often just rope or finely wrought cord, but could be a heavy bronze kidney belt for war. Also a place near modern Alexandroupolis in what is now Greece. It was Thrake in 210 BCE.

  About the Author

  Christian Cameron is a writer and military historian. He participates in re-enacting and experimental archaeology, teaches armoured fighting and historical swordsmanship, and takes his vacations with his family visiting battlefields, castles and cathedrals. He lives in Toronto and is busy writing his next novel.

  By the same author

  The Commander Series

  The New Achilles

  The Chivalry Series

  The Ill-Made Knight

  The Long Sword

  The Green Count

  Sword of Justice

  The Tyrant Series

  Tyrant

  Tyrant: Storm of Arrows

  Tyrant: Funeral Games

  Tyrant: King of the Bosporus

  Tyrant: Destroyer of Cities

  Tyrant: Force of Kings

  The Long War Series

  Killer of Men

  Marathon

  Poseidon’s Spear

  The Great King

  Salamis

  Rage of Ares

  Tom Swan and the Head of St George Parts One–Six

  Tom Swan and the Siege of Belgrade Parts One–Seven

  Tom Swan and the Last Spartans Parts One–Five

  Other Novels

  Washington and Caesar

  Alexander: God of War

  Writing as Miles Cameron

  The Traitor Son Cycle

  The Red Knight

  The Fell Sword

  The Dread Wyrm

  A Plague of Swords

  The Fall of Dragons

  Masters and Mages

  Cold Iron

  Dark Forge

  Bright Steel

  Copyright

  First published in Great Britain in 2019

  by Orion Books,

  an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd

  Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment

  London EC4Y 0DZ

  An Hachette UK Company

  Copyright © Christian Cameron 2019

  Map copyright © Steven Sandford 2019

  The moral right of Christian Cameron to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.

  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

  All the characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

  A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

  ISBN 978 1 4091 7658 9

  www.orionbooks.co.uk

  Table of Contents

  Dedication

  Title Page

  CONTENTS

  Map

  Book I

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Book II

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Book III

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Book IV

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Book V

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Epilogue

  Author’s Note

  Glossary

  About the Author

  By the same author

  Copyright

  Table of Contents

  Dedication

  Title Page

  CONTENTS

  Map

  Book I

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Book II

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Book III

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Book IV

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Book V

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Epilogue

  Author’s Note

  Glossary

  About the Author

  By the same author

  Copyright

 

 

 


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